The law firm hired by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s administration to investigate the George Washington Bridge lane closures shared their notes Monday with a legislative committee also probing the matter, averting a threat to subpoena the material.

Lawyers with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP sent 437 pages of information to the New Jersey Legislative Select Committee on Investigation, according to Assemblyman John Wisniewski, a Democrat who is co-leader.

The information included a list of 75 people interviewed by Gibson Dunn as part of the review, which was released in March. The review found Gov. Christie didn’t help orchestrate the lane closures, nor did he try to cover them up. Read More »

Federal investigators visited the parents of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s former deputy chief of staff in their efforts to interview her about the George Washington Bridge scandal, according to her attorney.

Bridget Anne Kelly, deputy chief of staff of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, is shown in this undated photo obtained by Reuters on January 9, 2014.

Reuters

The investigators were rebuffed by the parents of Bridget Kelly, whose email, “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee” appeared to order a series of politically motivated bridge-lane closures in September. The investigator also tried to contact Ms. Kelly’s ex-husband and other in-laws, said her attorney Michael Critchley in papers expected to be filed in state Superior Court Friday. The briefs were reviewed by The Wall Street Journal Thursday.

The U.S. Attorney’s office in New Jersey sought to speak to Ms. Kelly within two days of Democrats’ Jan. 8 release of hundreds of pages of subpoenaed documents showing the involvement of administration aides and allies in closing the lanes, Mr. Critchley wrote. Read More »

New Jersey Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski answers a question at the Statehouse in Trenton on January 8.

Associated Press

UPDATED | TRENTON, N.J.—State lawmakers voted Monday to create a joint legislative committee to investigate a scandal involving potential abuse of power by the Christie administration and its allies.

The action folds separate state Senate and Assembly inquiries into one body with special legal counsel.

The committee will have subpoena power but wasn’t expected to issue new requests for documents Monday. The Assembly’s committee issued 20 subpoenas earlier this month to members of the Christie administration, the governor’s re-election campaign and the Port Authority requesting records detailing their involvement in lane closures leading to the George Washington Bridge.

The committee was expected to hold its first meeting Monday afternoon to adopt language to allow the existing subpoenas to go forward. Read More »